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賊
賊
Translingual
Han character
賊 (radical 154 貝+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月金戈十 (BCIJ), four-corner 63850)
References
- KangXi: page 1208, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36759
- Dae Jaweon: page 1672, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3637, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8CCA
Chinese
| trad. | 賊 | |
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| simp. | 贼 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 賊
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| Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (則) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 廁 | *sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ |
| 則 | *ʔsɯːɡ |
| 賊 | *zɯːɡ |
| 鰂 | *zɯːɡ |
| 鱡 | *zɯːɡ |
| 蠈 | *zɯːɡ |
| 側 | *ʔsrɯɡ |
| 萴 | *ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ |
| 測 | *sʰrɯɡ |
| 惻 | *sʰrɯɡ |
| 崱 | *zrɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zɯːɡ) : phonetic 則 (OC *ʔsɯːɡ) + semantic 戈 (“weapon”).
This was misinterpreted as a compound of 貝 (“money”) and 戎 (“weapon”) to produce the modern form.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): caak6, caak6-2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhe̍t
- Min Dong (BUC): chĕk
- Min Nan (POJ): chia̍k / che̍k / chha̍t
- Wu (Wiktionary): zeq (T5)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄟˊ
- Wade-Giles: tsei2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeir
- IPA (key): /t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: caak6, caak6-2
- Yale: chaahk, cháak
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak9, tsaak9-2
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑːk̚²/, /t͡sʰɑːk̚²⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhe̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: ced
- Hagfa Pinyim: ced6
- IPA: /t͡sʰet̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chĕk
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰiʔ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍k
- Tâi-lô: tsia̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciak
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍k
- Tâi-lô: tsi̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: zek
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha̍t
- Tâi-lô: tsha̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhat
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰat̚²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰat̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰat̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰat̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰat̚¹²¹/
- Note: chia̍k/che̍k - literary, chha̍t - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zeq (T5)
- IPA (key): /z̻əʔ¹²/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 賊 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡sei³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /t͡sei²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin |
/t͡sei⁴⁵/ /t͡sɤ⁴⁵/ |
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| Jinan | /t͡sei⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡se⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou |
/t͡suei⁴²/ /t͡sei⁴²/ |
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| Xi'an | /t͡sei²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /t͡sɨ²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡sei⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡sei⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡sei⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sɤ²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu |
/t͡suei³¹/ /t͡se³¹/ |
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| Guiyang | /t͡suei²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡sei³¹/ | |
| Nanjing |
/t͡suəi²⁴/ /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
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| Hefei | /t͡se⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sei¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡sʌʔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sɛ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zəʔ¹/ |
| Suzhou | /zəʔ³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /d͡zəʔ²/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ze²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰe²²/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sʰə¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/t͡sei²⁴/ /t͡sʰə⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡sʰæ²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɛʔ²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰet̚⁵/ |
| Taoyuan | /t͡sʰet̚⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰak̚²/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sʰɐk̚²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sʰak̚²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/t͡sik̚⁵/ /t͡sʰat̚⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡sʰɛiʔ⁵/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡sʰak̚⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /sak̚³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 賊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 德 (131) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 昨則切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡zək̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡zək̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡zək̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡zək̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡zək̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡zək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡zʱək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zé |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 賊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16596 |
| Phonetic component |
則 |
| Rime group |
職 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
賊 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zɯːɡ/ |
Definitions
賊
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 小偷 (“(petty) thief”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 賊 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 賊、小偷 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 小偷兒、賊 |
| Taiwan | 小偷、賊 | |
| Tianjin | 小偷兒、賊 | |
| Jinan | 小偷兒、賊 | |
| Xi'an | 賊娃子 | |
| Wuhan | 強徒、小偷 | |
| Chengdu | 賊娃子 | |
| Yangzhou | 小偷、賊、強盜 | |
| Hefei | 小偷、賊、小賊 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鼠摸、賊仔、賊 |
| Hong Kong | 賊仔、賊 | |
| Taishan | 鼠摸、賊 | |
| Yangjiang | 鼠賊、賊 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 賊 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 賊牯、賊仔 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賊仔 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 賊仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 賊仔 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 賊 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 賊仔、賊 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 賊 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 賊 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 賊 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 賊囝、賊 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 賊仔 |
| Xiamen | 賊仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 賊仔 | |
| Taipei | 賊仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 勍仔 | |
| Tainan | 賊仔 | |
| Taichung | 賊仔 | |
| Yilan | 勍仔 | |
| Lukang | 賊仔 | |
| Sanxia | 賊仔 | |
| Kinmen | 鼠賊仔 | |
| Magong | 賊 | |
| Hsinchu | 賊仔 | |
| Malaysia | 賊 | |
| Chaozhou | 鼠賊囝 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 賊骨頭、小賊 |
| Wenzhou | 小偷兒、賊 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 賊老倌、賊牯子、賊 |
| Shuangfeng | 賊牯子 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 賊
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Japanese
Kanji
賊
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
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| Kanji in this term |
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| 賊 |
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ぞく Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 賊.
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Korean
Hanja
賊 • (jeok) (hangeul 적, revised jeok, McCune-Reischauer chŏk, Yale cek)
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Vietnamese
Han character
賊 (tặc, giặc)
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